Barcelona & Catalonia Cinderellas

As St. John's eve approaches, its nearly 7 pm here, I showing a cinderella mini-sheet issued by the Catalan Gov. in 1982 for the Catalan Culture Exhibition.

I collect these Cinderellas and many others related to my airmail interest. I never knew about the Catalan connection. There is little information on these available but if you do find any I would like to see. I will try to retrieve my others and upload them.

Perhaps I can give you some information on the Andorra "Correu Aeri/Air Mail" stamps.
They're are actually not cinderellas, but proper stamps, issued but never used; as they were Airmail tax stamps ready for a service (Andorra - Barcelona airmail) that never was.

There are 12 values with 3 deigns: Landscape and symbol (25, 50 and 75 cèntims, 1 pesseta); Plane on landscape (1.25, 1.5, 1.75 and 2 pta); Plane and rising sun (2.5,3.25, 4.5 and 5 pta).
The 12 values can be found with perf. 11, unperforated and perforated (11) with the overprint "Franquicia del Consell" (Council/Government Franchise). A total of 5,500 series were printed.
The specialized Edifil and Filabo catalogs list them with the numbers NE-13 to NE-36 ("NE" stand for "no emitidos"/not issued). The latest prices, 2005, (UM/MM) that I've are: 30/24 € for the perf; 250 € for the MM unperf. and 50/32 for the op.

I hope that this information is interesting for you.

Cinderella in homage to FC Barcelona for winning a 1981-1982 championship: the European Coup Winners Trophy (I don't know the proper name in English, we called it "Recopa").
F.C. Barcelona stadium, "Camp Nou" or New Field.





Incidentally, the stadium will be tonight filled by nearly 100,000 people in a concert to claim for Catalonia's Independence.

Reus, 1916: 7th Catalan Esperanto Federation Congress, Esperanto Exhibition, 6th Esperanto Poetry Competition and 1st Spanish Esperanto Federation Congress. 20 cinderellas.

June 29th 1961, Saint Peter's Day in Reus.

Although, some (if not all) of the cinderellas have already been shown on this tread; I've found them I a whole sheet of 20 units. It seems that they were given free with a magazine from the Barcelona Tourist Board on the days of the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition.

Saint Georges Gothic sculpture by Martí Safont (1418) on the old main door of the Catalan Gov. Palace on Barcelona's Bishop st. The cinderella was issued in 1929.

As we've gone through the 24000 visits milestone, I'm showing another ca. 1929 cinderella, with the "Parc del Laberint" a 1791 garden, comissioned by the Marquis d'Alfarràs and now a public garden.
Lying where the city's buidings give way to the Collcerola Wood Park, is the only XVIII century garden still surviving in Barcelona.

To refresh this hot summer day: Two 1958 Barcelona Esperanto Xmas cinderellas.

1930 Poster stamp of Salou Beach (110 km South of Barcelona) by Josep Morell (Sant Esteve d'en Bas, 1899 - Barcelona, 1949).

A modern (1999) set, devoted to the artist Joan Rebull (Reus, 1899 - Barcelona, 1981). Who has a number of sculptures in Catalonia, as well as on other European places. The last cinderella, shows the statue "The three gipsy boys", that is on the Barcelona City Hall.

"Cantir" is the Catalan word for a terracotta container used to keep water (or wine!) fresh in our hot Mediterranean summer. You pour the liquid through the big hole and drink using the small one. As the container is not impermeabilised, it sweats through the walls and the liguid is cold.
Each first Sunday of August, on the town of Argentona (30 km NE of Barcelona) they hold a market devoted to this item. A generic cinderella and a 1968 one.

As today (August 15th)is the day we call "August Saint Mary" (Marededeu d'agost", in Catalan) the day on which a lot of Catalan villages celebrate their yearly feast ("Festa major" in our language9; I wish to show some cinderellas issued on my native town, Gràcia (since 1897, part of Barcelona city)for the ill-fated 1936 feast (aborted by the Spanish fascist uprising of July 1936) and for sending children (my parents' big brothers and sisters) to the mountains.








I wish also to take advantage of this post to thank all our followers at the point of turning the 25.000 readings. A mark that I couldn't even dream when we started this thread two years ago.
To all contributors and readers: Thank you!

In May of this year issued a stamp like this but 1913. This, by the end of 1912, perhaps too hastily published.